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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper, which can operate in uneven soil and attaches to a cultivator.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Allen, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clamp

Description: Patent for a clamp for well tubes that can be used to remove the tubes for repair.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Maxwell, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cook-Stove.

Description: Patent for "improvements in cook stoves or ranges; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in which two oven-chambers are employed, arranged one above the other in the same vertical plane, and in which the draft and products of combustion are caused to circulate beneath, around one end, and above each of the oven-chambers to thoroughly heat the same." (lines 7-16).
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Turbeville, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back-Brace

Description: Patent for improvement on back braces, specifically to improve the performances of people who repeatedly stoop for their jobs. The back brace aims to relieve the stress on back muscles.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Thornton, Henry C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Dumping Cage

Description: Patent for a new and improved automatic dumping cage. This invention is to "use in the shafts of coal and other mines"(line 9-10).
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Gordon, William K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air-Brake Governor

Description: Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buggy-Top Retainer

Description: Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Chimney Holder

Description: Patent for chimney holder. This design is a "means for holding a chimney upon a burner of any kind for the purpose of preventing the accidental tilting of the chimney" (lines 11-13). Illustrations included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Elkins, Thomas M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "provide[s] a cheap, durable, and easily-operated motor for dash-churns, and one the length of stroke of which can be varied to suit the size of the churn and the quality of the cream to be churned. [The] invention consists of a dash-lever, connecting-rod, crank and pulley shaft, and large drive-wheel, the dash-lever being made adjustable as to its length of stroke" (lines 7-15).
Date: March 14, 1882
Creator: Blackstock, John Lafayett
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Attachment for Vehicle-Brakes.

Description: Patent for "an extension-handle for the manipulating-levers of vehicle-brakes" (lines 9-10). This invention was designed especially for vehicles with extra side-boards, so the brakes can be employed as conveniently as possible while the driver would normally have a hard time reaching the brake-lever.
Date: February 2, 1897
Creator: Edwards, Joshua H. & Edwards, Willie W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Break

Description: Patent for an automatic break that can be applied automatically when going down any kind of hill and would dissengage whenever the vehicle drives on a flat road or up a hill.
Date: November 29, 1892
Creator: McKee, James A. & Hatchett, Pink C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ant-Trap

Description: Patent for an ant trap,with illustrations. Purpose of the invention was to be efficient more efficient in both cost and use in comparison to other ant traps being sold at the time.
Date: July 30, 1889
Creator: Davis, Edwin E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.

Description: Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn Dasher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn dasher. This design, "[a]s an article of manufacture, [consists in] the conical or concavo-convex churn dasher having a circular rim, the air cups or cells, the arms, and the raised nave or center portion, all of concavo-convex shape in their transverse sections" (lines 28-33).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Hale, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boot and Shoe Box.

Description: Patent for a new and improved shoe box. This design "has relation to store-boxes for boots and shoes, designed to open automatically when drawn forward, and to close automatically when pushed back into place on the shelf or on the floor; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a swinging hanger pivoted to a bearing above the box, and a slideway secured to the cover, which is hinged to the back of the box" (lines 18-27).
Date: July 22, 1884
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boot and Shoe Box.

Description: Patent for a new and improved box for boots and shoes. This design is "to be arranged beneath the counter, between the guide-strips upon the floor, and mounted on wheels, and provided with mechanism connected to the hinged lids of the boxes to raise the lid as the box is pulled out, and to close it when the box is pushed back to place again. This may be accomplished in several ways" (lines 26-33).
Date: November 20, 1883
Creator: Cook, Emmanuel Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Description: Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Morrow, James Morton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment.

Description: Patent for the ability to attach one or more plows simply and inexpensively so users can customize their plowing methods as needed.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Welch, Drew O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Check-Protector.

Description: Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: McCombs, Charles Cleveland
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Door

Description: Patent for a car door that has a lock that cooperates with the hangers on the door to cause them to bind the rollers against the track. The car door also provides a locking means for the levers on the door locking means which is "adapted to received the ordinary car seal" (line 22).
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Renner, Willie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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